. The commercial products of the sea;. Fisheries; Seafood. Black porpoise [Fhoccsna vulgaris). taken in nets, and also shot. This fishery yields upwards of 700,000 lbs. of oil per annum, a portion of which is con- sumed by the lower classes for lighting, and the rest finds a market in Constantinople. Porpoises are also caught in large numbers in the Little Belt, Denmark, where 1500 to 2000 are frequently obtained. The extraction of the oil of the white whale {Beluga Fig. Grampus {Phorcena orca). catodoii) and of the black porpoise constitutes an important industry in the district of Quebe

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. The commercial products of the sea;. Fisheries; Seafood. Black porpoise [Fhoccsna vulgaris). taken in nets, and also shot. This fishery yields upwards of 700,000 lbs. of oil per annum, a portion of which is con- sumed by the lower classes for lighting, and the rest finds a market in Constantinople. Porpoises are also caught in large numbers in the Little Belt, Denmark, where 1500 to 2000 are frequently obtained. The extraction of the oil of the white whale {Beluga Fig. Grampus {Phorcena orca). catodoii) and of the black porpoise constitutes an important industry in the district of Quebec, on the St. Lawrence. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Simmonds, P. L. (Peter Lund), 1814-1897. London, Griffith and Farran; New York, E. P. Dutton & co

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